Factors Influencing the Job Satisfaction of Development Officers’ in Government of Sri Lanka

Abstract

Every organization attempts to continue maintaining high skill labour force within the organization as the management of any organization clearly has identified the value of the human resource. Therefore, they try to maximize the job satisfaction level of employees to minimize the labour turnover. The objectives of the study were to measure the job satisfaction level of development officers, determine the factors affecting the job satisfaction level of Development officers in their employment position and compare the job satisfaction level between male and female Development Officers in Sri Lanka. A sample of the study was selected from five government ministries. Although job satisfaction level of development officers proved to have been above the middle-level, it’s essential to note that it should advance further with special reference to male development officers. Seventynine present of development officers’ satisfaction depends on selected factors, namely; working environment, relationship with co-workers, relationship with supervisors, freedom at workplace, career advancement of development officers and basic salary. Among the selected independent factors, working environment has shown the highest significant positive influence on employee satisfaction. Since policymakers must take necessary steps to develop a favorable working environment to encourage the development officers.